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Lettm's Patent No. 84,092, lated lfo'vcmfber 17, 1868.

INIPROVED MEANS FOR SECURING- SPRINGS TO SLATS QF BED-BOTTOMS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame* To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, Z. S. CRAGRAFT, ofLacan, in vthe State of Illinois, have, invented a new and usefulImprovement in Spring-Bed Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact;

description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I nowproceed to describe its constructionjand operation.

Similar letters in the drawings refer to like parts.

A represents the side and ends of an ordinary bedfraine. Two cross-bars,e a, suitably supported at their ends upon the sidelpieces A, serve asfoundations for the semi-elliptic springs b, the connection between saidcross-bars and springs being eiiected in any suitable manner. Thesprings/ofv which there may be vfivel or more on each cross-bar, sustainupon their upper ends the slats d; audit is upon the means ofconnectingsaid slats and springs that I desire to obtain-a patent.

Such connection is effected in the following manner: Through suitableorifices in the slats d, of which there are four in each slat, arepassed the ends of metallic coupling-pieces, e, the ends of eachcoupling-piece pass-` ing downward through two of the aforesaidorifices, and

, being then bent` around, so as to clasp and firmly secure the endsofthe springs b, which are placed between the oriiices, on theundersides of the slats el. The connection thus eifeeted is simple andeiiicient, and the whole arrangement foi-nis an excellent attachment tobedsteads.

I ani aware that the springs have been fastened to the slats andcross-pieces of the bedstead by pins, but when such i'astenngs are used,the springs frequently are turned upon the pin-connections as pivots,and the springs become misplaced, which is prevented in my invention bythe employment of the bent portions or -lips t/ c', which are madebroad, and bent securely over the upper end ofthe spring b.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I clairn as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is nSecuring the semi-elliptic spring b to the slat d, by means ofthecoupling-piece e, provided with the bent lips-dl e', passing throughslots in the slats, substantially as described.

Z. S. CRAORAFT. Witnesses:

SAML J. MeFnDDrN,

E. D. KALDENBAUGH.

